Mt Hood - Heather Canyon


On the route up Pea Gravel Ridge. Heather Canyon to the left and Newton Clark drainage to the right. The best thing about this climb was the discovery of a bunch of fabulous lines in the drainage below the Newton-Clark Glacier. Will definitely be a return trip.

Matt Hollywoodin' at 7K. Our route followed the obvious ridgetop sidewalk behind us.

Onward... We topped out this day at the base of that basalt pyramid center left of the picture. The Wy'East face is immediately above the pyramid's pinnacle.

Upper Heather Canyon, Feb 17, 2000. Mt Hood Meadows access to the Canyon is at the 'saddle' at the center. SuperBowl to the immediate right of the saddle.

Coming off the ridge into the canyon. The sun had actually turned this rock-hard day into a pretty nice corn day. 3000 vertical feet to go.

Matt making one of the bunch of turns we made this day. The climbing 'boulevard' is easy to pick out on the ridgetop to the left in this picture.

Matt executing his exit strategy - making turns lower left corner. The Heather Canyon 'runout' is obvious below and Hood River Meadows below that.